dshiatt
@dshiatt.bsky.social
Sr. Product Manager @ PlayStation. Formerly game design @ EA/Maxis
Hey, can this wait? I'm end-to-end encrypting this burrito and I'm having some deployment challenges.
Funniest possible context for the term "end-to-end encryption"
Kohler, the makers of a smart toilet camera, can access customers' data stored on its servers, and can use customers’ bowl pictures to train AI.
December 4, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Hey, can this wait? I'm end-to-end encrypting this burrito and I'm having some deployment challenges.
This is also my thesis
I try to avoid binary thinking, but...
There are only two types of people in the world.
"I had to suffer, so should they."
Or "I had to suffer, and I will work to help others so they don't have to."
There are only two types of people in the world.
"I had to suffer, so should they."
Or "I had to suffer, and I will work to help others so they don't have to."
December 1, 2025 at 6:12 PM
This is also my thesis
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Hi GameDevs please share to help your friends get hired. We are opening more roles: www.absurdventures.com/careers
November 29, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Hi GameDevs please share to help your friends get hired. We are opening more roles: www.absurdventures.com/careers
"Won't someone think of the economy!"
![An article with the headline "[US people] are holding onto devices longer than ever and it's costing the economy".](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jye22xkea3jqsabskhfec347/bafkreigunh6t53vvgp2sewo2fsy4xttrwgy3zrdwplje7j2qjop5jdeyxy@jpeg)
November 24, 2025 at 11:32 PM
"Won't someone think of the economy!"
I kept hearing this ad on a basketball podcast that was really trying to sell AI as an important way to develop your basketball hot takes. Like... really? These are the problems you're trying to solve with this technology? Have you ever built a product strategy in your entire life??
The reason you see AI pushed so hard in products, ads and promoted posts is that they know people don't WANT to use it but they are desperate to recoup on their millions in investments.
They wouldn't be over-saturating your feed with AI tools if people were buying these things on their own.
They wouldn't be over-saturating your feed with AI tools if people were buying these things on their own.
November 21, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I kept hearing this ad on a basketball podcast that was really trying to sell AI as an important way to develop your basketball hot takes. Like... really? These are the problems you're trying to solve with this technology? Have you ever built a product strategy in your entire life??
Making "Circumstances" the villain in this headline is certainly a choice.
November 13, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Making "Circumstances" the villain in this headline is certainly a choice.
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I’ll be joining the shenanigans at 1pm to “stage” a “production” of The Importance of Being Earnest in The Sims 4, which is exactly as unhinged as it sounds.
Please join if that sounds fun! And please be kind and generous to all my participating co-workers as well!
Please join if that sounds fun! And please be kind and generous to all my participating co-workers as well!
November 8, 2025 at 8:37 AM
I’ll be joining the shenanigans at 1pm to “stage” a “production” of The Importance of Being Earnest in The Sims 4, which is exactly as unhinged as it sounds.
Please join if that sounds fun! And please be kind and generous to all my participating co-workers as well!
Please join if that sounds fun! And please be kind and generous to all my participating co-workers as well!
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The first hit of hopium is free. The rest we will have to pay for. Volunteer. Vote. Fight.
I don’t want to get too high on hopium, but what if we really can turn this all around?
November 6, 2025 at 12:00 AM
The first hit of hopium is free. The rest we will have to pay for. Volunteer. Vote. Fight.
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are there any resources for how to internationally price your game on steam? a while ago i heard the auto pricing thing sucks but unsure if that’s still true, and if so, what a solo-published game is meant to even do about it. #gamedev
October 26, 2025 at 11:46 PM
are there any resources for how to internationally price your game on steam? a while ago i heard the auto pricing thing sucks but unsure if that’s still true, and if so, what a solo-published game is meant to even do about it. #gamedev
Well now I've seen everything...
Master Chief comes to PlayStation.
Halo: Campaign Evolved launches on PS5 next year, rebuilt and modernized with 2-player local co-op and 4-player online co-op: play.st/4oAYnr5
Halo: Campaign Evolved launches on PS5 next year, rebuilt and modernized with 2-player local co-op and 4-player online co-op: play.st/4oAYnr5
October 24, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Well now I've seen everything...
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Ai fails all 4 of his hype cycle fail points and all 3 ”fad Audits” BTW
www.gamedeveloper.com/business/for...
www.gamedeveloper.com/business/for...
October 10, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Ai fails all 4 of his hype cycle fail points and all 3 ”fad Audits” BTW
www.gamedeveloper.com/business/for...
www.gamedeveloper.com/business/for...
Another collab from me and @nadinedemacedo.bsky.social !
Nadine's lyrics inspired me to write and perform the music for this one during this February's FAWM. She produced and added synths.
Appropriately angsty music for the times!
Nadine's lyrics inspired me to write and perform the music for this one during this February's FAWM. She produced and added synths.
Appropriately angsty music for the times!
Beneath the Shell (2025)
Inspired by Kafka's surreal novels, this song is questioning our very existence. What if life has no purpose and everything boils down into a cacophony of accidents? Some bugs undergo metamorphosis, others will stay the same.
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Inspired by Kafka's surreal novels, this song is questioning our very existence. What if life has no purpose and everything boils down into a cacophony of accidents? Some bugs undergo metamorphosis, others will stay the same.
too.fm/ndm-beneath-...
September 19, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Another collab from me and @nadinedemacedo.bsky.social !
Nadine's lyrics inspired me to write and perform the music for this one during this February's FAWM. She produced and added synths.
Appropriately angsty music for the times!
Nadine's lyrics inspired me to write and perform the music for this one during this February's FAWM. She produced and added synths.
Appropriately angsty music for the times!
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August 23, 2025 at 11:22 AM
This was a fun project to work on with Nadine, who I started working with during February Album Writing Month this year. I played all guitars and sang clean vocals on this one; Nadine wrote and did everything else!
Into the Abyss (2025)
At some point in life, we all come across fake friends, who pretend to care and drag you into the abyss. The lyrics channel the raw frustration of being used, betrayed and misled. "Into The Abyss" is a cathartic scream for justice.
#musicsky
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At some point in life, we all come across fake friends, who pretend to care and drag you into the abyss. The lyrics channel the raw frustration of being used, betrayed and misled. "Into The Abyss" is a cathartic scream for justice.
#musicsky
too.fm/ndm-into-the...
August 15, 2025 at 4:28 PM
This was a fun project to work on with Nadine, who I started working with during February Album Writing Month this year. I played all guitars and sang clean vocals on this one; Nadine wrote and did everything else!
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New song on Friday
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Into the Abyss
Listen to Into the Abyss
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August 13, 2025 at 6:11 AM
New song on Friday
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too.fm/ndm-into-the...
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Cover reveal. What are Daniel and I cooking this time? Guess!
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Releases August 15. #musicsky #presave
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Releases August 15. #musicsky #presave
August 5, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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@diceexploder.com You weren't kidding about Til Death Do Us Heart being an aggressive edit! I felt like I needed stimulants to keep up with those folks. Genuinely the only use for .75x playback speed I've ever found.
July 25, 2025 at 5:10 PM
@diceexploder.com You weren't kidding about Til Death Do Us Heart being an aggressive edit! I felt like I needed stimulants to keep up with those folks. Genuinely the only use for .75x playback speed I've ever found.
I was slow to pick up Citizen Sleeper 2 because I wasn't sure how much more they could do with the basic formula. I'm 4-ish hours in and really enjoying it. The away missions and ship/crew focus provide such a nice change to the core game's pacing.
June 17, 2025 at 5:47 PM
I was slow to pick up Citizen Sleeper 2 because I wasn't sure how much more they could do with the basic formula. I'm 4-ish hours in and really enjoying it. The away missions and ship/crew focus provide such a nice change to the core game's pacing.
Showing classic (well, 80s/90s) movies to our kids, just watched Back to the Future last night. Holy hell does that movie hold up! Just fantastic on so many levels.
So far, if I'm remembering correctly:
Princess Bride 👍👍
Back to the Future 👍👍
Die Hard 👍👍
Jurassic Park 👍👎
Ghost Busters 👎👎
Goonies 👎👎
So far, if I'm remembering correctly:
Princess Bride 👍👍
Back to the Future 👍👍
Die Hard 👍👍
Jurassic Park 👍👎
Ghost Busters 👎👎
Goonies 👎👎
June 1, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Showing classic (well, 80s/90s) movies to our kids, just watched Back to the Future last night. Holy hell does that movie hold up! Just fantastic on so many levels.
So far, if I'm remembering correctly:
Princess Bride 👍👍
Back to the Future 👍👍
Die Hard 👍👍
Jurassic Park 👍👎
Ghost Busters 👎👎
Goonies 👎👎
So far, if I'm remembering correctly:
Princess Bride 👍👍
Back to the Future 👍👍
Die Hard 👍👍
Jurassic Park 👍👎
Ghost Busters 👎👎
Goonies 👎👎
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tonight we let the playstation talk
May 5, 2025 at 5:36 PM
tonight we let the playstation talk
We really do need more inventive console cover options
The way they hold its little claws 😭
The way they hold its little claws 😭
March 22, 2025 at 7:17 PM
We really do need more inventive console cover options
The way they hold its little claws 😭
The way they hold its little claws 😭
Restringing 7-string guitars: 17% more annoying than restringing regular guitars!
March 20, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Restringing 7-string guitars: 17% more annoying than restringing regular guitars!
Ah damnit, I just met with some of those folks a couple months back :(
BREAKING: Warner Bros. Games is shutting down Monolith Productions, Player First Games, and WB San Diego, sources tell Bloomberg News.
Warner Bros. is also canceling the Wonder Woman game.
Warner Bros. is also canceling the Wonder Woman game.
February 25, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Ah damnit, I just met with some of those folks a couple months back :(